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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1941
Page
5
The article notes the German failure to renew air attacks on Moscow and reports Soviet and Red Army air force support. It highlights Leningrad's weeks of resistance and suggests Russian replacement of personnel has not been a concern. The Baltic reports claim two German transports were sunk by Russian planes.
Reports say German forces captured Dnieperopetrovsk ending a major push on the Dnieper bulge and isolating iron and steel production. Nazis near Leningrad claim advances while Soviet defenses vow to hold Kiev.
In Teheran 60 American nationals were ordered to gather at the legation with bedrolls and food as foreign diplomats moved to safety. British German and Italian residents were sheltered in legation camps while others were summoned from their homes. Premier Furanghi formed a new cabinet naming Ali Soheily foreign minister amid minimal changes.
Adding thiamin to irrigation water enhances growth producing daffodils with blossoms as large as salad plates. Researchers note the practice could improve floriculture yields and flower quality for commercial growers.
President Roosevelt creates a single top war leadership board headed by Donald M. Nelson supported by Vice President Wallace and key officials. The move centralizes supply and production policy while preserving the existing lend lease and wartime aid structures.
A jailed man admits to a string of rape slayings in Washington and related rapes. Detectives note similar strangulations in several cases tied to the suspect. The confession covers incidents from December 1929 to the current month and includes four other rapes and two attempted attacks by the same assailant.
The piece accuses labor and mob figures, alleges witnesses vanish, and claims a conspiracy among Browne Bioff and Dean to impede prosecutors. It notes Circella the witness on the lam, and questions FBI effort under J Edgar Hoover as political interests meddle with the case involving Green and the A F of L council.
Lieutenant Erland Tillman of the US Army Engineers oversees rapid construction of six academic buildings at the new plane school. Standardization speeds work. Colonel E C Black, WWI flyer from Chanute Field, will be commandant and has approved the dedication program. Senator Tom Connally will eulogize the late Senator Morris Sheppard, for whom the field is named.
The report details German embassy officials in Argentina pressured to swear loyalty to Hitler with oaths and registration for punishment if aiding the Nazi cause. Police also arrested four for photographing defenses for an unnamed foreign power.
A state clemency action commutes sentences or grants time served for several inmates across Louisiana parishes. Names include Robert Richard Evangeline Theria and Henry Hertz Rapides along with Charles J Arndt Jr Orleans Bennie Carriere St Tammany Joseph Grisaffi Orleans John E Delaney Jefferson. One case restores citizenship through a full pardon.
Second Army headquarters says six North Louisiana supply stations will open September 5 with the general depot at Gordon, Arkansas closing the next day. Locations include Monroe for Quartermaster, Ruston for Engineer, Jonesboro for Medical, Hodge for Ordnance, West Monroe for Signal, and an Ordnance Ammunition Depot near Hodge. Medical clearing stations at Monroe and Jonesboro and the Arkadelphia hospital relocation to El Dorado are noted.
Colette and relatives were summoned to a local police station as authorities pursue possible accomplices in an anti Bolshevist plot. Three armed anti Soviet volunteers remain in custody while investigators probe alleged Communist links and a potential motive tied to collaboration with Germany. German police presence at proceedings was unexplained.
A list shows allocations for free hot lunch funds distributed to numerous parishes and cities in Louisiana, with amounts ranging from hundreds to over fifteen thousand dollars. Notable entries include Orleans parish at $15,378.44 and St. Tammany at $844.98, among many others.
Emile V. Stier, 61, longtime New Orleans newspaper reporter and public relations man for 25 years, died today. Earlier in his career he worked as a reporter for the States and the Item.
A Simla communique reports Iran ceases hostilities at Reza Shah’s order as British forward troops advance. Indian forces seize Ahwaz while RAF fighters pace the move. a 700 ton wheat relief plan targets the southern front amid deep food shortages.
Officer Floyd K. Ham, a veteran city policeman, was reported improving Friday at Vaughan-Wright-Bendel clinic after a struggle last week in which he was beaten during an arrest attempt. He sustained a fractured skull when the assailant resisted and struck him, causing him to fall and hit his head on the curb.
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